Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B...
by robryan on Sunday February 14, 2021 @02:45AM
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The expensive bit is that most vegans want to broadly maintain the flavors and textures of a animal products diet without the animal products.
Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B...
by sebmellen on Saturday February 13, 2021 @05:56PM
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Oh, agreed, for sure. My grandparents were Germans who grew up during the war, and for them meat was seen as a great luxury — even bread was seen as a speciality.
But in the US (and I think it is mostly an American phenomenon), veganism has taken on a sort of strange alter ego as a life of expensive vegan donuts and vegan restaurants that charge (no joke) $18 for a small sandwich.
So I think it's important to differentiate between the two kinds of veganism — the expensive fad diet kind, and the one borne out of necessity.
It's kind of funny how "vegan" has become a marketing term to the extent that vegan food is supposed to be expensive.
Vegan food is the cheapest food there is and powers nutrition on a global scale. Think wheat, rice, potatoes, beans, every single vegetable, all fruit, and products made thereof, bread, pasta, noodles, oils, etc.
In most parts of the world the standard diet is predominantly plant-based and meat is a luxury.
It used to be the same in Europe - my grandparents had meat at most once a week, usually on a Sunday.